Plants Parts
What is the difference between an amyloplast and chloroplast?
Amyloplasts are colorless and you can find them in plant tissues. They do not go through photosynthesis. Chloroplasts are the sites of photosynthesis and energy production.
Why are amyloplasts more prevalent (common) in potato than they are in the elodea cells?
Why are chloroplasts present in elodea but not in potato cells? Do any cells in a potato plant contain chloroplast? Explain your answer.
What was the purpose of the addition of iodine in this experiment? Did iodine increase your ability to see specific parts of the plant cells?
1) Amyloplasts are cells that store starch (amylose). Starch is a stored source of energy for plants.
Potato tubers are parts of the plant where energy produced during photosynthesis is stored.
Amyloplasts are more prevalent in potatoes because they need to store starch as energy
Eldoa has more choloplasts because these chloroplasts contain chlorophyll which is necessary for photosynthesis. Photosynthesis and sugar production happen in the chloroplasts. Eldoa is a water plant and therefore cannot store starch underground like potato. Therefore it has more chloroplasts to collect more sunlight to perform more photosynthesis.
Potato plant leaves have chloroplasts. This does the photosynthesis to make sugars. This is then stored as starch underground.
Iodine is a compound which stains starch blue black. This allows us to see where in cells and tissues in plants starch is stored.
Plants Parts What is the difference between an amyloplast and chloroplast? Amyloplasts are colorless and you...
7. Review your data from Part III of this lab on the absorption spectrum of chloroplast extract and answer the following questions: a. At what wavelength (and color) of light do you think the rate of photosynthesis is highest? b. At what wavelength (and color) of light do you think the rate of photosynthesis is lowest? c. The wavelengths (colors) of light that are absorbed most by chloroplasts are ____________ and _____________________. d. What molecule in the chloroplast absorbs this...
Photosynthesis and Chloroplasts You will read that only plants, algae, and some bacteria are photosynthetic. There is an exception to this, however. One species of sea slug has found a way to steal chloroplasts, store them in glands lining its digestive tract, and live on the sugar that is produced (Milius, 2010). The sea slug has even commandeered the genes to help repair these chloroplasts to keep them working for 9 months—longer than the algae would (Fang, 2015)! What if...
If you somehow magically removed the chloroplast genome
before doing this experiment, how would lanes 1-4 change? Justify
your answer.
Computer typed, Please.
The following problem describes an experiment, which in reality, would be very difficult to do, but imagine the experiment went perfectly for the purposes of this question. Plant cell cultures containing chloroplasts were labeled with [S]methionine for 60 minutes. In addition to [S]methionine, some cells were incubated with vehicle (Veh) and some cells were incubated with Drug...
How Do Chloroplasts Capture Energy from the Sun? Plant cells and some algae contain an organelle called the chloroplast. The chloroplast allows plants to harvest energy from sunlight, a process known as photosynthesis. Specialized pigments in the chloroplast absorb sunlight and use this energy combine carbon dioxide and water to make glucose and oxygen. The complete reaction is: 6CO2 + 6H2O + C6H12O6 + 6O2 Raw Materials (Reactants) CO2 = carbon dioxide H2O = water Products C6H1206 = glucose O2 = oxygen Plant cells can...
In this experiment, you will measure the rate of photosynthesis
in isolated chloroplasts using the dye 2,6-dichloroindophenol
(DPIP). The transfer of electrons during the light-dependent
reaction results in the production of H+. This H+ ion can reduce
DPIP, changing its color from blue to clear. The color can be
quantitatively measured with a spectrophotometer. However, in this
experiment, you will qualitatively analyze your data.
Write a detailed conclusion for your experiment. How did light
affect the time it took for...
An extremely important process is called "CARBON FIXATION' What is carbon fixation? This is where plants incorporate CO_2 into organic compounds-the base of our food web This is where plants strip electrons from organic food molecules This is the stage in photosynthesis where glucose appears This is the stage in Calvin cycle where ribulose bisphosphate is regenerated, ready for a new cycle This is where photosynthetic species are eaten, moving their energy into the food web Plants couple tow photosystems...
YOU MUST ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON YOUR OWN PRIOR TO CLASS REVIEW! 1. Label the path of electrons through the light reactions of photosynthesis using the illustration below. A. Include PSII and PSI and label all the complexes involved i. Which complex pushes H* across the membrane? ii. Where do these electrons end up? iii. What is the purpose of splitting H2O? iv. Where do the light reactions take place? 2H2D Ot ENR NAOD ADP photolyetemi photosyetemi wlochtone be-...
The inner membrane divides the mitochondrion into two internal compartments. The first compartment is the and outer membranes. The inner membrane encloses the mitochondrial mitochondrial DNA, ribosomes, and enzymes. Some of the metabolic steps of cellular respiration are catalyzed by enzymes in the matrix. Other proteins that function in respiration, including the enzyme that makes ATP, are built into the inner membrane. The highly folded cristae present a region between the inner space, a narrow a fluid-filled space with surface...
Welcome to our plant sciences department here at TransBiol It's great to have you as an intern. I'm the lead scientist of a team developing new herbicides to use against invasive plant species. The team has been really swamped with work, so it'll be great to have some help analyzing all the data we're collecting. Since it's your first day, a great way to get started with any research project is to brush up on the background knowledge you'll need...
Photosynthesis Worksheet 1. Write the overall reaction for photosynthesis: 2. What does photosynthesis require in addition to water and carbon dioxide? 3. What is the principal pigment of plants? 4. Circle the letter of the region(s) of the visible spectrum in which chlorophyll absorbs light best. a. blue region b. green region c. red region d. yellow region 5. Chloroplasts contain saclike photosynthetic membranes called 6. The fluid surrounding the thylakoid membranes in the chloroplasts is called the 7. What are the two stages of photosynthesis called? 8. Complete...